We got the opportunity to see an early screening of The Witch (2016) A New England Folktale... Written & Directed by Robert Eggers. Wide release February 19th with an early showing Feb 16th at BAM Rose Cinemas in Brooklyn as part of their Witches' Brew film series. Seriously, we loved it, and you should check it out as soon as you can!
Lunch Hour Reviews The Gift
Jason Bateman, Rebecca Hall, and Joel Edgerton team up to give us 2015's The Gift. In this Lunch Hour Review we unwrap the fantastic psychological thriller written, and directed by Edgerton. Check us out on iTunes, Stitcher (internet radio), and give us a review! Drop us a line therantsmacabre@gmail.com
50th Episode!
Our 50th episode! We celebrated with some friends and shared some laughs at some HORROR COMEDIES. Mindy's dad, Mark Learnard is back, and Sean and Charles of the Miskatonic Musings podcast join us for a conversation about the early horror comedy Abbott & Costello Meet Frankenstein... and the [far] superior Young Frankenstein by Mel Brooks.
The Prolific Clay McLeod Chapman!
We bring you Clay McLeod Chapman, the writer and performer of The Pumpkin Pie Show (with Hanna Cheek, on the FANGORIA podcast network), screenwriter of 2015's festival favorite, The Boy, writer of Self Storage, and middle grade's book series, the Tribe Trilogy. We talk comic books, podcasting and movies (he's done it all!). Follow him on Twitter.
Lunch Hour Reviews Bone Tomahawk & Children of the Corn
This #MacabreMonday we talk about two movies: the oldie but goody, 1984's Children of the Corn, based on the Stephen King short story, and 2015's Bone Tomahawk by S. Craig Zahler. Check them out! Children of the Corn is on Netflix now and holds up (mostly). Totally worth a watch. Bone Tomahawk (on iTunes & Amazon Video) is a western with horror elements starring the indomitable Kurt Russell.
It's a New Year, and a great new episode! Like the viking ancestors of the region, for this episode we explore some epic Scandinavian Horror. 1922's Häxan, Dead Snow 1&2, Trollhunter (2010), Frostbite (2006), and the brilliant Swedish Let The Right One In (2008). #ScandiHorror
Lunch Hour [Year in] Review!
For this last podcast of 2015 we talk about our favorite horror films of the year. Through this Lunch Hour Year-in-Review we also talk about our favorite discoveries this year. Thank you for joining us! Stay with us, we've got some great plans for 2016.
The Horrors of Christmas
Merry Christmas all, and to all a bloody night! Our Christmas episode covers Sorority Slashers, Crazy Santas, and Finnish Krampus Folklore. Black Christmas from 1974 starts us off, then Silent Night, Deadly Night (1980), and Rare Exports from 2010. And even more Krampus coming soon!
PLUS Krampus! For this bonus Christmas Episode we braved the theater for Michael Dougherty's Krampus, and we have a review. Happy Holidays!